Hulu Free access to many old and current TV shows, with upgrade to even more comprehensive pay site.

IMDB While better known as a film site, IMDB is also generally the most comprehensive site for basic data about television shows past and present.

Jump the Shark. This site looks at TV shows and the moment in which they "jumped the shark," or hit their peak then went downhill. It also has information on current shows.

MediaFiends. Reality TV news site with a reality TV schedule and links to other sources.

MZTV Museum. Fun site with lovely pictures of classic radios and television sets; lends itself to a semiotic analysis of how changing aesthetic styles in TV sets might reflect cultural changes.

Queery's TVGayGuide. Sort of the queer TV Guide, with a daily schedule of television programming (as well as movies) with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queercharacters or topics related to queer issues.

Reality Blurred. A reality TV news digest with news on all reality TV since 2000.

VanderbiltUniversity TV News Archive. Key resource for anyoneexamining the past and present of TV news programming. Includes a database with written summaries of news broadcasts, and on-demand video copiesof broadcasts.

Online Articles

Conventions of Television News. Article by John Hartley briefly introducing analysis of the way formats and other conventions shape the content of television news programs.

FAIR: Channel One. Several articles from the non-profit organization FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting), analyzing the actual "news" content of the Channel One broadcasts which many school kids are required to watch.

The East Village: A CyberSoap Opera.In addition to photographs and audio and video clips, this soap allows you to join the "cyber clique" of a favorite character (after registering, of course). Once in a "clique," you will receive secret email from that character that gives you information not in the story line. Chat rooms are also available.

The Trouble with Teletubbies. In airing The Teletubbies, the authors argue, PBS has stepped over an important line: from catering to an existing market (such as with Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood) to creating a new one, namely, one-year old children.